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Katharine

Proper noun

Meaning

Katharine

A female given name from Ancient Greek.

Source: en.wiktionary.org

Examples

[On Katharine Hepburn's stage performance:] She ran the whole gamut of emotions, from A to B. Dorothy Parker

(On her work in Keep Your Powder Dry) I didn't want to do it, but they said if I did it they would give me Undercurrent with Robert Taylor. Then they gave Undercurrent to Katharine Hepburn, so I left MGM. Laraine Day

Meryl and Katharine Hepburn are probably the two greatest actresses of this and the last century. Denzel Washington

I think maybe my mom thought that Katharine Hepburn would be a good role model of, like, a strong, smart, independent woman. Maybe she steered me in that direction. You know, because she was really so ahead of her time. Gillian Jacobs

Phoebe Wolkind Ephron cracked wise like Dorothy Parker and looked like Katharine Hepburn. Hallie Ephron

My favourite actors are all dead or dying. I just love Jimmy Stewart, Bette Davis, Katharine Hepburn - I was named after her - and Cary Grant. I just love old black and white movies and the stars in them. It must have been a great time to be in Hollywood. Katharine Isabelle

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